Container with brush-wiping attachment



I 1,580,936 i 1926 F.W. WANSNER CONTAINER WITH BRUSH WIPING ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 2, 1925 INVEN TOR BWWW 7%A@ M ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 13,1926.

FREDERICK W. WANSNER, OF PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIA.

CONTAINER WI'lE BRUSH-WIPING ATTACHMENT.

-. npplication filed December 2, 1925'. Serial No. 72,651.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. VVANs- .NER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Piedmont, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers with Brush-Wiping Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cans orcontalners for liquids or semi-liquids, such as oils,

paints,'varnishes, pastes and greases, and it i has special reference to a container having therein an attachment for wiping a brush dipped into the contents of such a container. An important object of my invention 1s to construct a. container top in such a man-.

ner that a brush wiper may be pivotally attached on the inside'thereof so that the wiper can be swung clear of theedge of the opening in the top and to a nonwiping'position within the container above the level of the contents therein, or swung to the serv-' ice position in which the wiping portion of the [wiper is held above the container opening.

Another object of the invention is to secure the attachment so that it can not slip or slide down into the contents of the container.

companying drawings, in which:

A further object of the'invention is to secure the brush wiper attachment to the container top in such a manner that it does not interfere with the stirring of the container contents, orprevent the aflixing of the cover to the container.

Still further objects and advantages of m invention will be understood from the 0 lowing detailed description and from the ac- -Figure 1' is a plan of a container with a top and a brush wiper constructed according to my invention and with the brush wiper in its non-wiping position in the top; the

1 cover'of the container being removed; i

Fig. 2- is a vertical midsection of Fig. 1

with the cover therein also in section and partlybroken away, the view showing the brush wiper in full lines as being held in the non-wiping position above the contents of the container and in dot-and-dash lines.

as being swung to the wiping position;

Fig. 3 is a plan similar to Fig. 1,, but

with the brush wiper in the wiping position above the container top; and

Fig; 4 is a partial, central sectional elevation of Fig. 3 turned at an angle of 90 degrees.

Adverting to the drawings in detail To a container 5, which for the convenience of illustration is shown as cylindrical but may be of any. other suitable shape, a

top 6 may be secured in any preferred man-- ner. In my invention the top 6 has the usual opening 7'therein provided with an inward- .1y turned flange or rim 8, within which a cover 9 is adapted to fit.

' Integral with the rim and extending inwardly therefrom are two diametrically opposed cars 10, each provided with an outward conical depression 10 terminating in anopeningt);e A'br-ush wiper 11, comprising a.

wire mem r, preferably of a resilient material such as steel or spring brass, and provided with an intermediate wiping orti'on f 12 and end portions 13, is adapts to be pivotally secured by the end portions in the openings of the ears. ears 10 is formed a stop means comprising a lip 14: at one side of the pivoted end :portion 13, so that the wiper is thereby adapted to rest on the lips and to be held thereon by its own weight ina non-wi ing position within the container 5 and a ove the level vof the contents 15 therein. At the side of the pivoted end portion 13 opposite to the lip 14, each ear 10 has also formed thereon a 'stop means comprising another lip 16, and this lip 16 is a little closer to own weight in' such a-position that the intermediate wiping portion 12 is above the openin 7, thus facilitating the wiping of a therefrom into the container. Only a. moderate care is therefore required to prevent the container from being smeared on lts outside with drippings from the brush. AS the wiper is light, it may be swung either into the wiping position or the. non-wiping po-' sition' merely by a slight touch of the brush.

For containers not provided with outside handles thereon, such as shown in the drawings, the wiper, after having been cleaned,

\ may also be used as a bail for carryingthe Upon each of the the top 6- than the lip 14; so that, when the wiper is swung from its non-wiping position on the lips 14 and into contact with the lips 16, it will be held on the latter by its it is seen they reach the ears 10 and then trickle downcontainer when the cover is removed therefrom.

The depressions 10' being conical, and the wiper being of aresilient material, it is seen that, in order to placethe wiper in operative engagement with the ears 10, it is only necessary to compressthe wiper and to place the pivots 13 in the depressions,"which then will automatically guide-the ends into the openin in the ears when the hold on the wiper is released.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, the followm I. A container for liquids or semi-liquids having a top provided with an opening and having an inwardly projecting flange surrounding the opening; theflange, provided with a pair of ears a member pivotally, supported in the ears and rovided with a wiper portion and adapted to be normally housed within the container andalso adapted to be swung so that the said wiper por-' tion will be ositioned above the to of the container and the opening therein or servme. I

2. In combination with a container; adapted to hold a liquid or a semi-liquid therein, a to provided with an o ening therein and having two diametrica ly opposed --ears formed'on the inside of the top and at the edge of the opening; a brush wiper provided with a wiping portion and being PIV- otally secured in the ears; stop means formed on the ears, thev wiper being ada ted to rest on said stopmeans and to be t ereby held 4 in a non-wi ing position within the container and a ve the level of the contents therein; and other stop means formed on the ears, the wiper being adapted to befswung from the non-wiping position to a rest position on said other stop means for" holding the wiping ortion above saidopening.

3. In com ination with a. container adapted to hold a. liquid or a semi-liquid therein,

- a top provided with an o ening therein and having two diametrica ly' opposed earsformed. on the inside of the top and at the edge of the opening; a brush wiper provided with a wiping portion and being pivotally and. removably secured in the ears; stop means formed .on the'ears, the wiper being 5. t d to rest on said Stop means and to be thereby held in a non-wiping position with- .in the container and above the level of the contents therein; and other stop means for'medon the ears, the wiper being adapted to be swung from the non-wiping position to a rest position on said other 'stop means for holdingthe wipmg portion above said opening.

4: In combinationwith a container adapted to holda liquid or a semi-liquid therein,"

a top provided'with an opening therein and formed on the inside of the, top

having two diametrically opposed ears formed on the inside of the top and at the to bepivotally secured in the ears; lips.

pivots, the wiper being adapted to rest on .formed on the ears at one side of the wiper said lips and to be thereby held in a nonwiping position'within the container and above the level of the contents therein;.and

lips formed on'the ears at the side of the wlper pivots op osite to the first-mentioned lips, the wiper eing adapted to be swung 'from the non-wiping: position to a rest position on the last-mentioned lips for holding 'the wiping ortion above said opening.

5. In com ination with a container adaptatop providedwith an opening therein and having two diametrically opposed ears formed on the inside of the top-and at the prising a wire provided with fan intermediate wiping ortionand end ortions adapted to bepivotallysecured in t e ears;

li s formed on the ears at oneside of the wiper pivots, the wiper being'adapted to 'ed toholda liquid or a. semi-liquid therein,

.edge of the opening; .af bru'sh-iwiper comrest on said lips and to be thereby. held in a non-wiping position within .the container andabove the level of the contentstherein; and lips formed on the ears at the sideof the wiper pivots oppositeto the first-mentioned lips, the wi er being adapted to swing clear of the e ge of the opening and to be swung from the non-wiping position to .a rest position onthe last-mentloned lips for holding the wiping portion above said opening. I

6 In combination with a container adapted to hold a liquid or a semi-liquid thereln, a top provided with an o ening therein and having 'two diametrica 1y opposed ears edge of the opening; a brush W1 er comprising a resilient wire provided with an intermediate wi ing portion and end ortions adapted to e pivotally secured in t e ears, the wiper being adapted to be sprung into, and out of, engagement with the ears; lips formed on theears at one side of the wiper pivots, the wiper being adapted to reston' and at the i said lips and to be thereby held in a non wiping position within the container and above the level of the contents therein; and lips formed on the cars at the 'side of the wiper pivots opposite to thefirst-mentioned lips, the wiper being adapted to swing clear of the edge of the opening and to be swung from the non-wiping -position to a rest position on the last-ment oned lips for holding the wiping portion above said opening.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' FREDERICK W. WANSNERQ 

